The global carbon budget, a method for calculating carbon added to the atmosphere, the “underpinning of human induced climate change,” indicates that CO2 emmissions have been growing four times faster since 2000 than during the previous decade. The budget, a project involving several universities and research organizations around the world, was published late Thursday night by Global Carbon Project (2008) Carbon budget and trends 2007.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 26 September 2008 at 8:43 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 26 September 2008.
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Tags: carbon, CO2, Global Carbon Project, pollution
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